Patient Safety in Surgery

Patient Safety in Surgery

Patient safety in surgery.

BACKGROUND Improving patient safety is an increasing priority for surgeons and hospitals since sentinel events can be catastrophic for patients, caregivers, and institutions. Patient safety initiatives aimed at creating a safe operating room (OR) culture are increasingly being adopted, but a reliable means of measuring their impact on front-line providers does not exist. METHODS We developed ...

Patient Safety in Surgery Reviewer acknowledgement 2014

The Editors of Patient Safety in Surgery would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 8 (2014).

Patient Safety in Surgery reviewer acknowledgement 2015.

The editors of Patient Safety in Surgery would like to thank all of our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 9 (2015).

Patient Safety in Spine Surgery: Regarding the Wrong-Site Surgery

Patient safety regarding wrong site surgery has been one of the priority issues in surgical fields including that of spine care. Since the wrong-side surgery in the DM foot patient was reported on a public mass media in 1996, the wrong-site surgery issue has attracted wide public interest as regarding patient safety. Despite the many wrong-site surgery prevention campaigns in spine care such as...